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What would you buy?$250 Wii U sku without console or original Wii U sku?

Wii u sku without console 5 19.23%
 
original Wii U sku for $150 8 30.77%
 
see results 13 50.00%
 
Total:26
t3mporary_126 on 09 December 2013

PandaGames said:

Will be cheaper? Well, technologie evolves very fast, and so does the price. So I don't think it's going to be cheap.


I mean the outdated tablets will be cheaper.



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sundin13 on 09 December 2013

seems like they would just be adding competition for themselves in the handheld space...



t3mporary_126 on 09 December 2013
sundin13 said:
seems like they would just be adding competition for themselves in the handheld space...


 I think they will have a new market for themselves. That being a home console that can also be a handheld. It's like a TV Vita, excpet, it doesn't lose the function of being a home console by becoming a handheld or vice versa.



superchunk on 09 December 2013

You already have that with Wii U. What's the point? I can play all of my games on gamepad only at this point.



Player2 on 09 December 2013

Local multiplayer + portable (which could be a selling point) won't work well. Four people looking at the gamepad screen (even worse in split screen multiplayer) don't sound appealing.

To play at home the $150 non-portable is just better and cheaper.

So the target demographic are those who are interested in single player games, portability and prefer Wii U's library over 3DS's or any other portable device. Don't sound too good.



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t3mporary_126 on 09 December 2013
Player2 said:

Local multiplayer + portable (which could be a selling point) won't work well. Four people looking at the gamepad screen (even worse in split screen multiplayer) don't sound appealing.

To play at home the $150 non-portable is just better and cheaper.

So the target demographic are those who are interested in single player games, portability and prefer Wii U's library over 3DS's or any other portable device. Don't sound too good.


Not if the tablet comes with a HDMI port and can connect to TV and PC monitors.



S.Peelman on 09 December 2013

How would one hook it up to the tv?



t3mporary_126 on 09 December 2013
superchunk said:
You already have that with Wii U. What's the point? I can play all of my games on gamepad only at this point.


But isn't the Game Pad range limited to the distance it can connect to the Wii U console? And imagine just carrying the GamePad like a tablet and whipping it out to play some Nintendo exclusive games at work. Or if you go to a friend's house who doesn't have a Wii U and you only need to bring your system and connect it to his TV or pc monitor with a HDMI cable.



Player2 on 09 December 2013
RolStoppable said:
Player2 said:

Local multiplayer + portable (which could be a selling point) won't work well. Four people looking at the gamepad screen (even worse in split screen multiplayer) don't sound appealing.

To play at home the $150 non-portable is just better and cheaper.

So the target demographic are those who are interested in single player games, portability and prefer Wii U's library over 3DS's or any other portable device. Don't sound too good.

But five people want it, so it needs to be made.

Nintendo should call it the Wii U TV.



ArtofAngels on 09 December 2013
_crazy_man_ said:
t3mporary_126 said:
d2wi said:
I don't think the technology is advanced enough to do that at this point


Aren't the new tablets already rivaling PS3 and 360 graphics? This is basically what this hypothetical GamePad is with buttons and controller sticks and a smaller screen.

And their cost?


Exactly.